Free election day rides offered in Elkhart, Goshen

May 01, 2008|Tribune Staff Report

Free rides will be offered in Elkhart and Goshen on Tuesday to help primary election voters get to the polls, thanks to the Michiana Area Council on Government.

Some of the free rides will be offered on the Interurban Trolley, a bus that MACOG offers in downtown Elkhart and Goshen, along the U.S. 33 corridor, in the North Pointe area of Elkhart and the south side of Goshen.

For more about the TrolleyÂ?s schedules and routes, call (574) 674-8894 or go to the Web site www.interurbantrolley.com.

Also, free rides will be offered on the Heart City Rider and Goshen Transit Service. This normally is discounted cab service. The cab ride will be free only for people going to vote Â? not for other purposes Â? and only during polling hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

But before you can use the cab service, you have to enroll in either program. For the Goshen Transit Service, sign up at The Window, 223 S. Main St., or the Goshen Housing Authority, 1101 W. Lincoln Ave., Suite 100.